The International Biometric Conference is the biennial meeting of the International Biometric Society, a Society dedicated to the "advancement of biological science through the development of quantitative theories and the application, development and dissemination of effective mathematical and statistical techniques". Members and conference participants are concerned with the cross-disciplinary and interdisciplinary interface of the theoretical and application oriented real-world problems. This proposal requests partial support for ten U.S.-based individuals from academic and nonprofit institutions to participate in the International Biometric Conference to be held in Cape Town, South Africa, on December 13-18,1998. About one third of those supported will be those with an official capacity and two-thirds will be new researchers especially those traditionally underrepresented groups such as women and minorities.
